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Paul Sharits

Paul Sharits

American, 1943–1993

WA-00033488

Video

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None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

64

Works in Collection

124

Assets Indexed

3

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0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ1458701 ULAN500065462

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Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
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Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/34459
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Paul Sharits was an American filmmaker and visual artist working primarily in expanded cinema and film installation. His practice centered on the materiality of film itself, using repetition, flicker, and fragmentation to create immersive, structuralist works that prioritized formal properties over narrative. Active from the 1960s through the 1990s, he developed techniques that positioned film as a phenomenological medium capable of producing direct perceptual and bodily experience. His work fundamentally challenged conventional cinema as a vehicle for representation.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago

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Video

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Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (64)

Passare III #16 #7 (After Sonic Youth: 16-19)

1988 · Porous point pen and inks on graph paper

17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spasmatic Pain I (Boulder Community Hospital)

Spasmatic Pain I (Boulder Community Hospital)

1981 · Felt-tip pen on paper

28 3/8 x 20 1/8" (72.1 x 51.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cellular Disorder 3

1980 · Porous point pen and inks on graph paper

17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cellular Disorder 10

1980 · Colored porous-point pens on graph paper

17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1980 · Plastic box with offset label, containing offset cards

overall (closed): 4 × 4 3/4 × 3/8" (10.2 × 12 × 1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Location VII: Episodic Generation

Location VII: Episodic Generation

1978 · Ink, pencil, and crayon on graph paper

17 7/8 × 22 5/8" (45.4 × 57.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Unrolling Event, Gallery A, Amsterdam

1977 · Gelatin silver print

image: 4 9/16 x 3 1/8" (11.6 x 8 cm); sheet: 4 15/16 x 3 1/2" (12.6 x 8.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Shutter Interface

Shutter Interface

1975 · Four-screen 16mm film projection, color, with four soundtracks; continuous loop

Room dimension: approximately 20 × 45 feet

Art Institute of Chicago

Oscillating Strips Mapped into Intersecting Frame 9

Oscillating Strips Mapped into Intersecting Frame 9

1973 · Felt-tip pen and pencil on graph paper

9 × 11 3/8" (22.9 × 28.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Oscillating Strips Mapped into Intersecting Frame 10

Oscillating Strips Mapped into Intersecting Frame 10

1973 · Felt-tip pen and pencil on graph paper

9 × 11 3/8" (22.9 × 28.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Oscillating Strips Mapped into Intersecting Frame 8

Oscillating Strips Mapped into Intersecting Frame 8

1973 · Felt-tip pen and pencil on graph paper

9 × 11 3/8" (22.9 × 28.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vanishing (Time) Ring

Vanishing (Time) Ring

1971 · Felt-tip pen on paper

sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 1/4" (27.1 x 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Forgery Piece, 'Misspelllling' Piece, and Human Body Diagram

Forgery Piece, 'Misspelllling' Piece, and Human Body Diagram

1970 · Felt-tip pen on paper

sheet: 10 9/16 x 8 1/4" (26.9 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Flux Crime, Bloomington, Indiana

1969 · Gelatin silver print

image: 7 5/8 x 9 1/2" (19.4 x 24.2 cm); sheet: 8 x 9 15/16" (20.3 x 25.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1969 · Pasted photocopies

overall (envelope): 3 1/16 x 5 1/2" (7.8 x 14 cm); sheet (each): 2 3/8 x 4" (6 x 10.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Didactic movie event "autological suicide" score for film artist at the end of his rope

Didactic movie event "autological suicide" score for film artist at the end of his rope

1969 · Felt-tip pen on paper

sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pull/Glue from Flux Year Box 2

6 7/16 x 6 3/8" (16.4 x 16.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Flux Envelope Paper Events

1967 · Envelope containing various paper multiples

overall: 5 1/2 x 3 1/16" (14 x 7.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sound Pieces (A-E) and Re:cycle

Sound Pieces (A-E) and Re:cycle

1967 · Felt-tip pen on paper

sheet (irreg.): 10 5/8 x 8 1/4" (27 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Metric Percentages: Abstract Comic

Metric Percentages: Abstract Comic

1966 · Graphite, magenta and black fiber-tipped pen on cream wove graph paper

43.2 × 43 cm (17 1/16 × 16 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Assymmetric Percentages: Abstract Comic

Assymmetric Percentages: Abstract Comic

1966 · Graphite and colored pencils, with touches of pen and blue and black ink on cream graph paper

43.2 × 43 cm (17 1/16 × 16 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Razor Blades (possibly)

Museum of Modern Art

Unrolling Screen Event, performed at ID Coffeehouse, St. Cloud, Minnesota

1966 · Gelatin silver print

image: 7 3/16 x 9 13/16" (18.2 x 24.9 cm); sheet: 7 15/16 x 9 15/16" (20.1 x 25.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blow Up Screen, performed in Bloomington, Indiana

1966 · Two gelatin silver prints

image (.1): 7 3/4 x 9 13/16" (19.7 x 25 cm); sheet (.1): 8 x 9 15/16" (20.3 x 25.3 cm); image (.2): 7 3/4 x 9 13/16" (19.7 x 25 cm); sheet (.3): 8 x 9 15/16" (20.3 x 25.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

64 published of 122 catalogued · 35 with image

MoMA
58 publishedof 116 catalogued32 img
The Met
3 published
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img

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Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Shutter Interface (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

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In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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